Colorado professor takes the stage on “Jeopardy!”

December 9, 2021
University of Colorado Boulder professor Ashleigh Lawrence-Sanders competing in a special educators' version of "Jeopardy!" University of Colorado Boulder professor Ashleigh Lawrence-Sanders competing in a special educators' version of "Jeopardy!" Screengrab via YouTube
University of Colorado Boulder professor Ashleigh Lawrence-Sanders competing in a special educators' version of "Jeopardy!"

The show "Jeopardy!" is known for featuring the brainiest of the brainy but this week, the TV quiz show upped its game by staging a professors' tournament. University of Colorado African American History professor Ashleigh Lawrence-Sanders is one of 15 higher-education academics who competed.